Thank God They Don't Let Gays in the Child-Molesting Scouts

by Choire SichaSeptember 17, 2012

While we knew that the Boy Scouts had their share of abusing children, now we know that the organization is basically a Catholic Church of covering-up that abuse as well: “In about 400 of those cases — 80% — there is no record of Scouting officials reporting the allegations to police. In more than 100 of the cases, officials actively sought to conceal the alleged abuse or allowed the suspects to hide it, The Times found…. In 1976, five Boy Scouts wrote detailed complaints accusing a Pennsylvania scoutmaster of two rapes and other sex crimes, according to his file. He abruptly resigned in writing, saying he had to travel more for work. ‘Good luck to you in your new position,’ a top troop representative wrote back.”